It took two delayed attempts and the intervention of riot police before election chief Wafula Chebukati could announce that Deputy President William Ruto had won the presidential elections with 50...
Deputy President and now President-elect William Ruto told the Bomas meeting that it was a wonderful evening and that: 'The IEBC (Electoral and Boundaries Commission) led by Wafula Chebukati was the hero of this election...
As IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati accused the police of harassing his employees DCI chief George Kinoti circulated a diatribe accusing the Venezuelans of everything but an actual crime strongly hinting that Chebukati was their sponsor...
WHY ELECTORAL COMMISSION REFORMS WERE DROPPED Because it came into the 2022 election cycle largely unreformed after its role in bungling the 2017 elections Wafula Chebukati's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has struggled with an image and a credibility crisis...
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Odinga's aides leaked letters between Wetangula and the Greek embassy in Nairobi requesting a travel visa for an associate months before the ballot-printing contract was awarded and about private meetings between Wetangula and IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati...
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IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati who took much of the blame for the bungled 2017 presidential elections is under huge pressure (AC Vol 60 No 13 'Rot' in the Commission)...
Among those censured – including former IEBC chief executive Ezra Chiloba the six other commissioners including the chair Wafula Chebukati and senior staffers notably IT team leader James Muhati and head of the legal division Praxedes Tororey – was the French security printing company IDEMIA which supplied the technology for the elections...
Another factor was the extraordinary remarks by the Chairman of the Commission Wafula Chebukati who publicly admitted that election preparations were being hampered by colleagues for partisan political reasons...
Akombe's claim of operational inertia in the IEBC was given credence by IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati who admitted to AFP that his proposals to reform the elections procedure were being blocked by the other commissioners...
IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati said one official much criticised by the opposition would be sacked...
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In the vacuum before the ruling was published the IEBC went to war with itself with the Chair Wanyonyi Wafula Chebukati and the Chief Executive Ezra Chiloba furiously leaking against each other...
Despite having stood together throughout the painful process since January apparently united non-executive Chairman Wafula Chebukati threw his Chief Executive Officer Ezra Chiloba and several other senior leaders to the wolves as soon as the court judgement was issued...